LBGOK M T \. 



and poetry l\ rl:i>si<-:il ami modern aullior> : in<-|inlin<_ r in 

 tin- former Aristotle. .Klian. Oppian. A I licii;rn-. l'l,i 

 ainon^ nm<l(-ni pods. I'opeaml \\\ ron. 



Learn of the little Nautilus to sail. 

 Spread tin- thin Miir. :nul catch the .In 



PpPB. 



Light as a llakc of foam upon the \\ind, 

 Keel upwards from the deep emerged n shell, 

 Shaped like the niomi ere half her orb is tilled ; 

 I'Yaught with young, life, it, righted as it fO 

 And ino\ed at will along the yielding water. 

 The native pilot of this little bark, 

 Tut out a tier of oars on either side, 

 Spread to the wafting breeze a twofold sail, 

 And mounted up and glided down the billow 

 In happy freedom, pleased to feel the air, 

 And wander in the luxury of light. 



Pelican- Inland. 



The tender Nautilus who steers his prow 



The sea-horn sailor of this shell canoe, 



The Ocean-Mab, the fairy of the sea 



Seems far more fragile, and, alas, more free ; 



Ife. when the lightning-winged tornadoes sweep 



The surf, is free, his post is in the deep, 



And triumphs o'er the armadas of mankind, 



Which shake the world, yet crumble in the wind. 



BYRON. 



" ( >nee as a sailor-shell I sported o'er 

 The azure wave : but now on Smyrna's shore, 

 Cypris, 1 c^raee thy shrine -the darling toy 

 Of fair Selene and her childhood's joy. 

 It' wandering winds breathed soft, my tiny sail 

 Was duly spread to catch the summer gale : 

 If golden calm upon the waters came 

 My nimble feet were oars ; and hence my name : 

 I cast myself on Julis' shore, that thou 

 Mights! ,^-lory, Cypris, in the maiden's vow. 

 No radiant Halcyon now with azure crest 

 Will seek my chambers for its sunny nest. 

 Thank fair Selene, then, whose virtues grace 

 The city of her proud ./Eolian race." 



CALLIMACHDS. 



* The above translation is from the Narrative of the Voyage of the 

 Sam a rang, ii, .Y2U, and is from the pen of Krne-t Adam^. In explanation 

 of the subject it is stated that it was the custom of the (Jreek >^\\ 

 arriving at years of discretion, to consecrate to Venus the j.laythin 

 their childhood. 



